Forgotten nightclub discovered frozen in time with disco ball and creepy masks

On Dec 26, 2023

Throwback 90s nights could also be all the fad for at present’s nightclubs however for one venue frozen in time, events barely made it into the twenty first Century.

Since calling final orders for the ultimate time in 2001, The Refinery in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire was left to decay and not using a single trace of TLC, not to mention renovation. Photos of the place had been revealed forward of an public sale final 12 months when it lastly appeared like the previous dwelling to booze, DJs and indoor smoking would get a face carry.

As it occurred, nonetheless, no such luck with the glitterball-dangling, paint crumbling membership confined to stay a shadow of its former glory a bit longer after it did not promote for across the £200,000 mark.

The final we heard of The Refinery was December 2022, courtesy of StaffordshireReside and after we tried to get an replace from the public sale home beforehand tasked with flogging it, we found it had already shut up store for Christmas.

Disco ball — What a sight!
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So we will neither affirm or deny whether or not these snaps mirror its present state, nevertheless it makes them no much less eerie.

Photos taken contained in the deserted constructing present its partitions adorned in shiny purple, inexperienced and crimson paint, with a lot of the Nineteen Nineties membership’s furnishings nonetheless inside.

The Refinery nightclub on Andressey Passage, Burton, Staffordshire — It hasn’t been used since 2001
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Its coat room nonetheless stands, with empty hangers ready for clubbers, whereas an previous previous glitterball stays hanging from the ceiling, alongside indicators that learn “The Refinery” and “Friday Social”.

Junk — The messiest room of the lot
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There is a VIP space, with its balcony overlooking the dancefloor, which nonetheless holds its vibrant shiny crimson couches.

The Refinery's walls are adorned in bright purple, green and red paint, with much of the 1990s club's furnishings still inside — The Refinery’s partitions are adorned in shiny purple, inexperienced and crimson paint, with a lot of the Nineteen Nineties membership’s furnishings nonetheless inside
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Fridges and cups that have not held alcohol for the reason that final drink was served in 2001 additionally stay eagerly poised, though presumably after a little bit of a wipe down first.

Toilets — The constructing has modified palms many instances since its days as a nightclub, however stays untouched
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The constructing, which is greater than 100 years previous, stays in the marketplace after it did not promote at an public sale earlier this month. Bidding had began at £170,000, regardless of it coming with a information worth of £200,000.

Masks — We’re positive these masks above the loos appeared far much less scary when the place was packed
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The sale comes with planning permission to show the previous membership into seven flats with a retail house on the bottom ground. There can also be permission for a two-storey constructing with a hyperlink extension containing three flats and retail under. The constructing has modified palms many instances since its days as a nightclub, however stays untouched.

Check in your coat, just don't lose your number ticket! — It did not promote at an public sale earlier this month
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StaffordshireReside took a glance inside when it final went in the marketplace in 2019. The constructing was final snapped up for £190,000 in February 2020, because the Covid-19 pandemic was beginning to unfold the world over. Prior to being a nightclub it housed the YMCA and was initially constructed to be a lecture corridor.

Stairway — The painted partitions simply get higher and higher
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The constructing itself dates again to 1901.

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